Event 2: Alex Ziskin Leads the Field After Dinner with 3,095,000

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 3,586

Alex Ziskin
Chipleader Alex Ziskin

The players return from break to begin Level 24, with increased blinds of 15,000-30,000 and a 30,000 ante. Levels will now last a full hour for the rest of the tournament.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up six players with at least two million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Alex Ziskin  –  3,095,000  (103 bb)
2.  TJ Shulman  –  2,935,000  (98 bb)
3.  Shoval Malin  –  2,895,000  (97 bb)
4.  Julian Milliard  –  2,375,000  (79 bb)
5.  Hung Quach  –  2,270,000  (76 bb)
6.  Jason Kwartler  –  2,120,000  (71 bb)

With 81 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 885,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,660 each.